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| Sales | Inventories | Unfilled orders | New orders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||
| $ millions | % change | $ millions | % change | $ millions | % change | $ millions | % change | |
| November 2007 | 43,281 | 1.8 | 62,513 | 0.8 | 56,378 | 4.6 | 45,747 | 9.6 |
| December 2007 | 42,914 | -0.8 | 62,305 | -0.3 | 57,810 | 2.5 | 44,346 | -3.1 |
| January 2008 | 43,283 | 0.9 | 62,580 | 0.4 | 58,162 | 0.6 | 43,635 | -1.6 |
| February 2008 | 43,889 | 1.4 | 62,055 | -0.8 | 57,955 | -0.4 | 43,682 | 0.1 |
| March 2008 | 43,496 | -0.9 | 62,425 | 0.6 | 60,896 | 5.1 | 46,437 | 6.3 |
| April 2008 | 44,288 | 1.8 | 62,669 | 0.4 | 60,325 | -0.9 | 43,717 | -5.9 |
| May 2008 | 45,625 | 3.0 | 63,753 | 1.7 | 61,763 | 2.4 | 47,062 | 7.7 |
| June 2008 | 46,579 | 2.1 | 64,529 | 1.2 | 62,769 | 1.6 | 47,586 | 1.1 |
| July 2008 | 47,763 | 2.5 | 64,644 | 0.2 | 63,459 | 1.1 | 48,453 | 1.8 |
| August 2008 | 46,100 | -3.5 | 65,190 | 0.8 | 65,468 | 3.2 | 48,109 | -0.7 |
| September 2008 | 46,115 | 0.0 | 65,256 | 0.1 | 65,242 | -0.3 | 45,889 | -4.6 |
| October 2008 | 46,215 | 0.2 | 66,228 | 1.5 | 70,037 | 7.3 | 51,009 | 11.2 |
| November 2008 | 42,837 | -7.3 | 65,834 | -0.6 | 70,649 | 0.9 | 43,449 | -14.8 |